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Having problems with your Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 Notebook ?

3rd party battery for Dell notebook won;t work

\015 I get error message that my XPS Gen 2 will not boot when I installed a\015\0123rd party battery. The seller says there is something in the msconfig I\015\012need to disable for it to work. Anybody know how to get a 3rd party\015\012battery to work?\015

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